Meet the daredevil who broke the sound barrier jumping from SPACE: MailOnline speaks to Felix Baumgartner 10.So in the end all the lookouts had were their own eyes.' 'He would have found them had he been able to open the locker. 'But the failure to provide the lookouts with them could have been down to Lightoller not knowing where they were. He continued: 'There was a pair of binoculars on the bridge and a pair for the crows nest because Blair had them just days before. The ship was going too fast in an ice field which he had warnings about.' 'But in terms of blame then you have to look at the captain, EJ Smith. 'In his rush it slipped his mind to hand over the key so the fate of the Titanic was in his hands in a round-about way. In Mr Blair's defence, Mr Aldridge added: 'Blair would have been rushing about tidying up his loose ends before then. could you have seen this black object at a greater distance?'įleet replied: 'We could have seen it a bit sooner.'Īsked 'How much sooner?', he said: 'Well, enough to get out of the way.' Senator Smith, chair of the inquiry, asked Fleet: 'Suppose you had glasses. 'We have also been examining these wreck sites to better understand how objects on the seabed interact with physical and biological processes, which in turn can help scientists support the development and growth of the marine energy sector.'ĭavid Blair (pictured) was an experienced sailorĭuring the official US inquiry into the sinking, lookout Fred Fleet said he had previously used binoculars - known as glasses - on the RMS Oceanic, another trans-Atlantic liner. 'Identifying shipwrecks such as those documented in the publication for historical research and environmental impact studies is just one example of this. 'It should be of key interest to marine scientists, environmental agencies, hydrographers, heritage managers, maritime archaeologists, and historians.'ĭr Michael Roberts who led the sonar surveys at the University's School of Ocean Sciences said: 'The expertise and unique resources we have at Bangor University, such as the "Prince Madog" enable us to deliver high quality scientific research in an extremely cost-effective manner. We can connect this back to the historical information without costly physical interaction with each site. 'The Prince Madog's unique sonar capabilities has enabled us to develop a relatively low-cost means of examining the wrecks. 'Previously we would be able to dive to a few sites a year to visually identify wrecks. The Titanic, which was called the 'unsinkable ship,' went down on April 15, 1912, four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York
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